diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 366a743d377e..8df2807e02d3 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -7835,7 +7835,7 @@ let
 
   pidgin = import ../applications/networking/instant-messengers/pidgin {
     inherit fetchurl stdenv pkgconfig perl perlXMLParser libxml2 nss
-      gtkspell aspell gettext ncurses avahi dbus dbus_glib lib;
+      gtkspell aspell gettext ncurses avahi dbus dbus_glib lib intltool;
     openssl = if (getConfig ["pidgin" "openssl"] true) then openssl else null;
     gnutls = if (getConfig ["pidgin" "gnutls"] false) then gnutls else null;
     GStreamer = gst_all.gstreamer;